Frozen Doors: Understanding America’s New Visa Reality—Intro
January 20, 2026
2:47 am
What the U.S. Visa Freeze Means, Why It Happened, and What the World — Especially Nigeria — Must Do Next.
By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze
Power Moves Quietly. Panic Moves Loudly
Power rarely announces itself with spectacle. It moves through memoranda, policy updates, and procedural recalibrations, confident that misunderstanding will arrive long before comprehension. When the United States disclosed that it would pause immigrant visa processing for nationals of seventy-five countries, global reaction followed a familiar pattern. Fear surged first. Interpretation came later—if at all. Across continents, the decision was received not as administrative action but as personal rejection, not as …
